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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8582

A vulnerability exists in gauge.php of AlienVault OSSIM and USM before 5.3.2 that allows an attacker to execute an arbitrary SQL query and retrieve database information or read local system files via MySQL's LOAD_FILE.

EXPLOIT ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 57.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 57.4%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A vulnerability exists in gauge.php of AlienVault OSSIM and USM before 5.3.2 that allows an attacker to execute an arbitrary SQL query and retrieve database information or read local system files via MySQL's LOAD_FILE.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
57.43% probability · 99th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 November 2016
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
alienvault/open source security information and event management · alienvault/unified security management
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%30%60%21 September 2026: 50.13%22 September 2026: 57.43%27 October 2026: 57.43%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 50.1% on 21 September 2026 to 57.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-40684source ↗Alienvault OSSIM/USM 5.3.1 - SQL Injectionphp · Peter Lappwebapps2 November 2016yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.